Stator for axial airgap electric rotary machines



lay 6, 1969 Original Filed Feb. 4, 1961 J. HENRYBAUDOT 3,443,133 STATOR FOR AXIAL AIRGAP ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINES Sheet of 3 INVENTOR JACQUES HENRY-BAUDOT ATTORNEYS May 6, 1969 J. HENRY-BAUDOT 3,443,133

STATOR FOR AXIAL AIRGAP ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINES Sheet 5 of 3,

Original Filed Feb. 4, 1961 'k/// Z/////A i V///// 2a INVENTOR JACQUES HENRY-BAUDOT ATTORNEYS United States Patent U.S. Ci. 3l0--154 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A permanent magnet stator structure for an axial airgap rotary electric machine is disclosed which is formed in two halves, each half comprising in turn a pair of semicylindrical plate-like members having a series of magnetic poles of alternating polarity arranged in a semi-circle thereon and terminating at opposite ends of the radial edges of the semi-circular plate-like members in a half pole. The pairs of semi-cylindrical members are first joined in spaced relation to each other to form two halves of a stator and the two thus formed halves are joined on their diameters to form the complete stator.

This is a divisional application of my copending application Ser. No. 89,228, filed Feb. 4, 1961, now U.S. Patent 3,304,598.

The present invention concerns improvements in or relating to axial airgap electric rotary machines made of combinations of disc-shaped members and is mainly concerned with such machines wherein the armature windings are made of flat conductors intimately adhering on both faces of a dielectric sheet over which they are distributed in two sets of half-turn conductors which are connected by face-to-face connections for defining the complete pattern of the windings.

It is the object of the invention to so provide an embodiment of such machines that both simplifies the assembly of their component parts and ensures a full efiiciency of the inductor parts thereof.

Machines of the above-defined kind include at least one planar disc-shaped armature introduced within an airgap delineated by two magnetic rings, one of which at least includes inductor magnetic poles, either protruding or ,flush, uniformly distributed around the ring. By reason of the geometry of such members, the assembly is often difiicult and, further, the magnetization process of the inductor member must be made after the assembly, with the airgap established and the armature winding disc in its proper location in said airgap. For an optimum efiiciency of the machine, it would be highly desirable to ensure the magnetization of said inductor up to the complete saturation of the magnetic material of the poles and with a zero airgap; such condition is not presently met.

In contradistinction thereto, such a condition is possible and the assembly greatly facilitated by providing in accordance with the invention, each magnetic member included in the stator part of the machine, inductor member included, in two half-shells each of which comprises two half-ring members, which half-shells are first placed in relative contact for magnetization with a nil or zero airgap of the inductor poles therein up to magnetic saturation and thereafter are drawn apart to the required spacing in the final assembly and united by spacing struts, such operation being separately made for each one of the two sets of half-rings entering in the structure of said half-shells. In order to duly preserve the magnetization, each half-ring which presents inductor poles has said poles radially slotted and each half-ring is terminated at both ends by a half-pole, the number of slotted poles being an integer between said end halfpoles of the ring.

Such half-shell members may then be stacked and handled according to the requirements and, for the assembly of a machine, two half-shells will be merely brought into proper location for enclosing the armature disc-shaped member within the airgap defined by the struts and for closing the magnetic circuits of the inductor in the machine as they are then applied against one another by their diametral planes.

For a more detailed description of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 shows two half-rings of two half-shells, accord ing to the cross-section a-a of FIG. 3;

FIG. 2 shows said half-rings in relative contact, in each half-shell, for magnetization up to saturation with zero airgap of the inductor poles they present, which are protruding poles then carrying temporary windings for such an operation of magnetization of the inductor;

FIG. 3 shows the two half-shells obtained after such magnetization operation is effected, according to the cross section b-b of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 shows a lateral view of the rotor armature provided with its bearings with a disc armature adapted to the airgap of the half shells of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 shows the two half-shells enclosing the rotor armature;

FIGS. 1 to 5 relate to an embodiment wherein the stator comprises two rings of inductor poles delineating the armature airgap in the machine;

FIG. 6 shows the half-rings of. inductor poles contacting a half-magnetic ring yoke for magnetization up to saturation at zero airgap of an inductor in a'machine having two airgaps;

FIG. 7 shows the assembly with two armatures resulting from the structure of magnetic inductor circuit of FIG. 6.

FIGS. 8 and 9, respectively, lar to those of FIGS. 2 and 5 for obtaining a magnetic circuit comprising only a single ring of inductor poles and a magnetic ring yoke on either side of the armature;

FIGS. 10 and 11, respectively, arrangements comparable with those of FIGS. 2 and S'but adapted to machines wherein the inductor poles are flush with the magnetic yokes in that they are formed by locally magnetising rings of a highly remanent and coercive material such as a hard ferrite; the production of such inductor poles, having recourse to a temporary application of half-rings of protruding inductor poles, as shown in FIG. 10.

Referring first to FIGS. 1 to 5, one half-shell comprises half-rings wherein the magnetic yokes are 1 and 3, facing each other and spaced apart by struts such as 5 and 6. The other half-shell comprises half-rings wherein the magentic yokes are 2 and 4, facing each other and spaced apart by struts such as 7 and 8, FIGS. 1, 3 and 5. Each half-ring carries two inductor poles 9 and 10 which are slotted and two half-poles 11 and 12. These latter are level with the radial edges of the half-rings. In a given half-shell which includes two half-rings facing each other, the magnetic polarities of the poles and half-poles in one half-ring are opposite from those in the other halfring. When the half-shells are assembled together, it results in two rings of inductor poles such as one can foresee by applying the two half-rings of FIG. 1 until their diametral edges coapt or fit together. The number of poles shown in the drawing is, of course, merely illustrative.

The two half-rings in a half-shell are first placed in contact, FIG. 2, after the temporary magnetization windshow arrangements simiings have been set in place around the poles as indicated at 13 in FIG. 2. Additional magnetic plates 14 are applied over the yokes 1 to 4 in order to avoid the saturation of said yokes during the magnetization process of the inductor poles. Said process consists of delivering an electrical current to the temporary windings in series, such winding comprising a small number of turns of relatively large cross-section wire. Since the pole faces of one half-ring are in contact with the pole faces of the other half-ring, the process of magnetization to saturation is consequently effected with a zero airgap.

After the magnetization is made in each temporar assembly of FIG. 2, the plates 14 are removed and the inductor members are drawn apart in a manner in which they remain facing each other, until the required spacing is obtained and the struts such as 5, 6, 7 and 8 are mounted at the places shown. Then the magnetization windings are removed and the half-shells as shown in FIG. 3 are ready for assembly of the rotor member therein.

The rotor part of the machine has been prepared, as shown in FIG. 4 and comprises a disc-shaped winding member 15 mounted on a hub 16 secured to the shaft 17. Said shaft is mounted in bearings 18 of mounting plates 19, parts of which only are shown on the drawing. It then suffices to encase the rotor disc-member by the two previously formed half-shells, parts of the machine being shown in FIGURE 5. The half-shells will be secured to the machine frame in a suitable manner, not otherwise shown. The brushes bearing on the disc-shaped winding may have been mounted either on the rotor assembly of FIG. 4. or after the assembly of FIG. is made, by passing such mounting between the struts.

A machine of this kind may necessitate a multiple member armature. In such a case, in order not to unduly widen the airgap, fixed magnetic discs may advantageously be inserted between the armature members. When putting the present invention into practice, each one of such magnetic discs will enter in the structure of the halfshells, being made of two half-discs, one for each halfshell. For a two armature machine, for instance, such a pair of half-magnetic discs 20, 21, are inserted, FIG. 6, between the rings of poles during the magnetization processing of said poles so that, in this case also, the saturation magnetization is made with zero airgaps, Then the members are drawn apart as explained and strutted, so that the final stator and rotor assembly is such as shown in FIG. 7. In said FIG. 7, the disc armatures are shown at and 15 A machine of this kind may also comprise only one inductor pole ring, the other member of the stator being a mere magentic yoke for the closure of the magnetic flux lines on the side of the rotor opposite to that of the inductor ring. Such a simplified assembly is obtained, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, by merely substituting two halfyokes 22 and 23 for one pair of half inductor rings in the shells.

It is further known that a machine of this kind may use, for its inductor part, rings of ferrite material, i.e.,

rings of a material of high coercivity, wherein magnetic poles have been impressed by localized magnetization. For putting the invention into practice in such a case, the half-rings of ferrite material are arranged in contact, as shown at 24-25 and 26-27 in FIG. 10, and the protruding poles of additional half-rings, the yokes of which are shown at 31-33 and 32-34 are applied against the exposed faces of the ferrite half-rings. Thereafter, through the energization of windings 13 on the protruding poles, the magentization process is carried up to saturation in contact on the half-rings of ferrite so that the required inductor poles are impressed therein. After magnetization, the additional members are removed and the ferrite halfrings drawn apart to the required spacing and assembled by the struts as in the previously described cases.

Further alternatives to those which have been described may be now contemplated without further description. For instance, it is obvious that, whereas a division of the magnetic circuit into two halves suffices for the purposes of the invention, a division into more than two parts of the magnetic structure may be contemplated if required without departing from the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. In an axial airgap electric rotary machine a stator structure comprising a pair of substantially flat semicylindrical shells, each shell in turn comprising a pair of parallel semi-circular disc-shaped members, each semicircular member including a number of permanent magnetic poles spaced from each other in a circular pattern which number is an integer plus two half poles, said half poles terminating adjacent opposite ends of the radial edges of said members, the pole faces on said members facing each other in aligned north-south relation and being spaced axially from each other to define a uniform airgap therebetween.

2.'The combination defined by claim 1 in which each of said poles faces are divided into two parts.

3. In an axial airgap electric rotary machine, a stator structure subassembly comprising:

a pair of axially spaced parallel semi-cylindrical discshaped members, each member including a number of permanent magnetic poles spaced from each other on a circular are which number is an integer plus two half poles, said half poles terminating at adjacent opposite ends of the radial edges of said members.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,090,880 5/1963 Raymond 310-268 2,853,637 9/1958 Ishikawa 31O -268 MILTON O. HIRSHFIELD, Primary Examiner.

D. DUGGAN, Assistant Examiner.

US. Cl. X.R. 310-268 

